Saturday, July 7, 2007

Well, if this is becoming the "Commercials and tie-ins featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote Blog", why stop there?I've been experimenting with a program called Windows Movie Maker. Most of the time I would like to kick Bill Gates in the you-know-where, but hey, this is a cool program. I won't disclose my secret of how to download videos from YouTube, but I can do it, and using MovieMaker I can actually record narration to a video. You know those commentaries on recent cartoon DVD releases? Well, I wondered what I could do with one. Here's me giving my observations on 2 later Road Runner shorts that have never been released to video or DVD. I hope they get released someday, because they're brilliant. Yeah, I know I laugh through them. I can't help it. If y'all readers like these, I'll do some more cartoons. That is if I can figure out how to get rid of the annoying sound every time I say a "P" word into the microphone.

I agree, very enjoyable commentaries, Matthew. I am surprised nobody has attempted something like this before. Hope to see some more in the future... better than some of the commentaries on the golden DVDs, imo!!

I love commentaries. I've been wanting to do commentaries for some of the Disney films & shorts, but I don't know how. Maybe someone can give me a few pointers on how to.

You do a very good job in these videos. As for the "P" sound, you could either back a little farther away from the mic (is it one of those built-in mics or a seperate mic that you connect into a USB?), put the mic on the side of your mouth instead of in front, or do what Drew said & cover it with a sheet or a guard of some kind.

Also, it's perfectly alright to laugh. It lets the viewer/listener know that the commentator has a good sense of humor & enjoys the film.

Good work, Matthew! Hope to see and hear more. There is nothing wrong with laughing at these films. That is what they are here for. I think I would much rather hear from someone is who is clearly enjoying the cartoon, rather than someone drone on about who animated the coyote's right arm in scene 2B.